Research opportunities

Reading offers you state of the art facilities for research in both humanities and science based areas, you will be supervised by highly successful, internationally renowned and research-active staff.

General areas of interest are listed below. Staff state particular areas of interest on their personal web pages (follow the links).

Contact the relevant member of staff to discuss your research ideas or if you would like a more general discussion contact our Director of Postgraduate Research Studies, Professor Andrew Wade

PhD Research Studentships

We frequently have studentships available. They will be advertised on this page and FindaPhD.com

Research proposals in the following areas are welcomed:

British and European Prehistory

• Professor Richard Bradley
• Professor Bob Chapman
• Dr Robert Hosfield

Burial Archaeology

• Professor Richard Bradley
• Professor Bob Chapman
• Professor Roberta Gilchrist

Cognition and Art

• Professor Richard Bradley (prehistoric art)

Environmental Archaeology

• Professor Martin Bell (molluscs and wetlands)
• Dr Nick Branch
• Dr Wendy Matthews (palaeoecology)

Geoarchaeology

• Professor John Allen
• Professor Martin Bell
• Dr Wendy Matthews (micromorphology)

Geophysics

• Dr John Creighton

Landscape Archaeology

• Professor Grenville Astill (medieval)
• Professor Martin Bell (Britain)
• Dr Stuart Black (Mediterranean)
• Professor Richard Bradley (Britain, Scandinavia and Southern Europe)
• Professor Bob Chapman (Mediterranean)
• Professor Roger Matthews
• Dr Wendy Matthews (Near East)  

Material Culture

• Dr John Creighton
• Dr Hella Eckardt
• Professor Michael Fulford
• Professor Roberta Gilchrist
• Professor Roger Matthews
• Dr Gabor Thomas

Medieval Archaeology

• Professor Grenville Astill
• Professor Roberta Gilchrist (including monasticism)
• Dr Aleks Pluskowski
• Dr Gabor Thomas

Near Eastern Archaeology

• Professor Roger Matthews
• Dr Wendy Matthews

Palaeohealth and Diet

• Dr Stuart Black
• Dr Mary Lewis
• Dr Gundula Müldner

Roman Archaeology

• Dr Anna Boozer
• Dr John Creighton
• Dr Hella Eckardt
• Professor Michael Fulford

Scientific Dating

• Dr Stuart Black

Social Archaeology

• Professor Bob Chapman
• Dr Hella Eckardt
• Professor Roberta Gilchrist (gender and lifecycles)
• Professor Roger Matthews

Urbanism and Buildings Archaeology

• Professor Grenville Astill (medieval)
• Dr John Creighton (Iron Age and Roman)
• Professor Michael Fulford (Iron Age and Roman)
• Professor Roberta Gilchrist (medieval)
• Dr Wendy Matthews (Near East)